The year would not be complete without some travel! We love to travel and visit new places. This year was no exception. We started the year off with a week in Disney with my sister, nephews and Mom. We went for winter break in February. We had the best time ever! The boys had never been to Disney World, so it was awesome to watch them experience it. We did Disney on a budget, but still had an amazing time. Read about it HERE. We spent spring break in Gatlinburg this year. It was so relaxing! We had the most amazing cabin (which we recently learned burned to the grown in the fires). We hiked, went to Dollywood, celebrated birthdays and enjoyed our time together as a family. It is always so good to reconnect with each other after months of life rushing us around. Read about our trip HERE. Kevin kept us going with an all expense paid trip to St. Thomas! We took Hooper with us (since he was totally breastfed) and left the other kids home. We had a great time! You can read about it HERE . We visited Panama City with friends (read HERE), then at the end of the summer took a family cruise (read HERE). We love to travel!
Somewhere in the summer we celebrated Kennedy's 5th birthday. She is the spunk of our family, that's for sure. We would be dull and boring without her. Read about her big day HERE!
As summer came to a close, we headed back into our busy schedules. Carter started a new school this year, Griffin Christian, and we have been very happy so far! The girls kept me in the road everyday with soccer and cheerleading (read about that HERE). Carter kept Kevin busy running around with football and basketball. I feel like we didn't see each other from September to December. With all the games, tournaments and practices.. we were not even able to sit down for family dinner. I don't like being so busy, but I am afraid with 5 kids that we may just have to get used to it. Kennedy also started taking riding lessons this year. She loves horses sooo much! She is very good at it to! Here are a few pics:
Hooper had a huge bump from his fall :(
We managed to make it through the busy fall. Thanksgiving this year brought a time of family and a time of sadness. My Grandmother passed away at the end of November. She has been sick for a long time, and I am so glad she is now with the Lord! I am also thankful that I got to see all my cousins and aunts and uncles. I don't get to see them all very often.
We made into Christmas finally and We had a very low key, wonderful Christmas this year! I didn't get around to blogging about it, but here are a few pictures.
One of the last pictures I have of all the kids Grandmother.
We made into Christmas finally and We had a very low key, wonderful Christmas this year! I didn't get around to blogging about it, but here are a few pictures.
Im so thankful to the Lord for blessing my family with another wonderful year! I can't wait to see what 2017 holds for the Hawkins crew!
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